On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, only 2 months after taking office. Hinckley fired six shots at the former President. All six missed, but one bullet hit Reagan. He suffered a punctured lung and internal bleeding.
20 years later a European auction house wanted to sell a vial containing dried blood residue from Ronald Reagan. Experts confirmed that the item was linked to the 1981 assassination attempt on the President. But now the Auction house decided not to sell the vial after the Ronald Reagan Foundation announced plans to stop the sale and instead to donate it to the Foundation.
“We’re very pleased with this outcome and wish to thank the consignor and PFC Auctions for their assistance in this matter,” said John Heubush(executive director “Ronald Reagan Foundation”). “While we contend that the removal of the vial from the hospital laboratory, and the US auction sale in February 2012, were not legal acts in our opinion, we are grateful to the current custodian of the vial for this generous donation to the Foundation,” he explained.
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